1.惯用口语句子:
Marriage is an alliance between two people.
婚姻是两个人的结合。
alliance n. 结合,联合
Marriage may be compared to a cage; the birds outside despair to get in and those within despair to get out.
婚姻好比鸟笼:外面的鸟儿想进进不去,里面的鸟儿想出出不来。
marriage n. 婚姻
cage n. 鸟笼
despair v. 绝望
be compared to“被比作…”
Marriage makes or breaks a man.
= Marriage makes or mars a man.
婚姻决定一个男人的成败。
mar v. 毁损,玷污
Don't let a little dispute break up a great marriage.
不要让小小的争论毁掉了美满的婚姻。
dispute v. 争论,争吵
break up“打破,结束”
Marriage is great for the right people.
婚姻对于合适的人来说都是美满的。
right a. 恰当的,适合的
He is the happiest, be the King or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
无论国王还是农夫,家庭和睦是最幸福的。
peasant n. 农夫,乡下人
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.
草率成婚,后悔莫及。
haste n. 急忙,慌忙 repent v. 后悔,懊悔
leisure n. 悠闲,安逸
in haste“匆忙地,慌张地,草率地” at leisure“空闲着,闲着无事”